Beri-Beri Swelling Beri-Beri is another lack of something deficiency.. like Scurvy! We will be focusing on Japan.... because that's where I learned that Beri-Beri was... well attacked... it was very sad.. :'( Anyways! Lets say that there was a family in Japan who loved sushi and white rice... And they were very wealthy... their son was very smart.. Let's say his name was Hirano Yasushi. Hirano only ate white rice because that was cool at the time B-) Anyways, and one day he was numb in his legs... his heart beat was really fast and his tongue swelled... he had pain everywhere and he started to have mental confusion. He wasn't quite sure what this was... but his family didn't quite get sick until... his younger sister started to get the same symptoms... Lets go back a little and talk about a guy who found it was a food deficiency.. His name was Takaki Kanehiro, He found that it was because they weren't taking a lot of B1 vitamin! WHAT!! Yeah tak...
Edward the Elder was a wise and good king and his sister named Ethelfleda was also very good and wise. She led the soldiers out to battle. Soon the Danish attacked again. They didn't really keep their promises. And she led them out to battle as usual. After Edward died and his sister died also he gave his son the throne. His name was Athelstane was also a very wise and good king. After he died the young kings began. Some of them were wise and also very good and others were not so good and should have not been the king. The last of the young kings was named Ethelred. He was a horrible leader and they called him Ethelred the Unready. There was agony everywhere because of his choices his people fell. They argued with one another. And the Danish came and attacked them again and he came up with a stupid plan. He decided that he would pay the Danish a large amount so that they would go away. They loved the idea and left with money. Soon they spent all the money and came back for more lik...
Victoria. Started out like any other person, as a little girl. When she was a little girl, she would learn all manner of things. Which one day as she sat learning she said, “I understand now why you have me learn. Because I am the air to the throne.” And she grew up to merry her cousin and they lived a very happy life together. They had very many children together. A lot I would say, a very many lot of children. From what I remember, I believe she had nine children. Butterflies. Yes, those creatures. First they are eggs. Then they hatch. And they eat their eggs. Then they are caterpillars and eat and eat and eat and eattttt. And then they get a new skin about a gazillion times, and eat their previous skin, until they are finally ready to make a cocoon and become a butterfly. After a lot of working and eating, they settle down and make their cocoon. And finally they become a butterfly, and then they break out of their cocoon, and wait for their wings to dry and harden. Then they f...
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